Brief JS session likely on Apr 18

Duration of the upcoming seventh session of parliament is likely to be brief to avoid Covid-19 transmission, said sources at the parliament secretariat.

The session, scheduled to sit at 5pm on April 18, would be held for 30-40 minutes with special arrangements, and the least number of lawmakers required to fulfil the quorum would be asked to attend, they added.

The quorum requires the presence of at least 60 members.

Talking to The Daily Star, Chief Whip Noor-e-Alam Chowdhury said they were planning to make the session brief.

He, however, said the final decision regarding this would be made at the meeting of Jatiya Sangsad's Business Advisory Committee, the highest legislative body that determines the duration and businesses of the House.

Parliament secretariat officials said the session would end with a condolence motion on the demise of Shamsur Rahman, the AL lawmaker from Pabna-4.